Tanlac credited with restoring Acworth woman to health
A testimonial from Mrs C C Cason of Acworth Georgia says Tanlac restored her strength after a long illness blamed on pelagra leaving her at sixty pounds. She gained thirty five pounds, regained appetite and vigor, plans to return home to her husband and farm, and praises the medicine. A related note mentions a political figure questioning constituent attitudes.
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Acworth
Atlanta
Mr. Battle
Tanlac
C. C. Cason
Kidney Remedy Highly Recommended in Local Notices
An OCR fragment touts a kidney remedy as highly effective with customer endorsements. A single case from spring is cited where patients with liver and kidney issues improved after treatment by specialists from St. Louis. The text also includes unrelated dialogue about stock investment and a farmer's harvest.
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Goaleman
St. Louie
Loomis Aerial Telegraph Pioneer and Wireless Debates
The New York Sun recounts Mahlon Loomis, a Washington dentist, as an early wireless pioneer whose 1872 Loomis Aerial Telegraph project sought to send telegraph messages and power without wires. It details congressional debates, public mockery, Loomis patents, and the later rise of Marconi guiding wireless into modern use.
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Wilson
Navy Department
Daniels
Washington
Germany
United States of America
New York City
Congress of the United States
Mahlon * Loomis
Wrington
D. C
Guglielmo Marconi
Mablor Loomis
Potomac River
Maryland
Congress
Representative Bingham
Pennsylvania
Loomis Aerial Telegraph Company
Loomis
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
Committee On Commerce
James A. Garfeld
Ohio
United States
Conger
Sunday Chronicle
Wright Boys
Orville
Wilbur
Daston
Representative Holmes
Indiana
Bingham
The
United States Patent ‘Office
Mahlon Loomis
District of Columbia
Earth
American Congress
Steinhell
Munich
Morse
Marconi
Doctor Loomis
Indea
New York
Honolulu
New York Sun
Curious Condensations and Small World Notes
A Mootana forestry official unveils a compact portable telephone for future ranger use. A Patterson mayor rescues a cat with a breeches buoy. the attempt succeeds. Welsh coal owners refuse a wage audit for workers. A shorthand system for Chinese is developed in Hongkong. A New York subway porter encounters a bomb. An Indian pomologist notes 1900s orchard practices and introductions of fruits like persimmon pawpaw pineapple and Virginia strawberry.
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Mootana Forestry
Amon Radcliffe
Patterson
Bapal Lower
Kitty
Hongkong
Francis Jones
New York
Statra
Oiled Highways Pros and Cons From Gearhart View
W S Gearhart a highway engineering professor says oiling roads is not a permanent improvement but improves drainage and reduces dust. Best when roads are hard and rutted pockets avoided. sand can help loam soils. Oil amounts suggested after year one, and city streets may use oiling with dust removed after.
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W. S. Gearhart
Gearhart
Moisture Control in Road Making
Moisture in soil governs road quality. Too much creates mud, too little causes dust. A balanced moisture level allows soil to pack hard, maintained by good drainage, proper crown, and free from grass. Growth drains moisture and removes binding material.
Convicts Shift From Contracts To Public Works Urged
A federal roads office report shows convict labor moving from contract leases to public works since 1885. The share on road work remains low, rising from 13 to about 13 percent, with a recommendation for more state rather than county supervision of road labor.
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Federal Public Roads Office
Privons
New Jersey Plans $1.5 Million Highway System
The passage notes the newly created state engineer post in New Jersey and hints at a $1,500,000 allocation for a new highway system. It comments on road improvements and the ease of aligning motorists with the good roads theory when confronted by fresh sod improvements two miles long.
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New Jersey
A Real Patriot and A Dying Porter Estate Tale
A Real Patriot quotes about pride in a son volunteering for service. A New York hotel head porter dies, leaving an estate of 100000. The fragmentary text weaves reflections on virtue and speech, with unrelated snippets about medicine and advertisements.
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New York
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Taniac
Hueband
Senator Sorghum
George Washington
Baltimore
Vereby
Minera
Castoria
Carter
Red Cross
Ady
Boc
Certain-Teed
Certain-Teed Products Corporation
Ressing Mile. Co
Greeg Varnich Co
Mound City Paint & Color Co
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
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